Experience sustainability!

Innovative, green and inclusive

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What could be better than an event that went extremely well, left the client and organiser feeling satisfied, and generated exchange and knowledge transfer? Exactly – if the whole thing was carried out sustainably.

Hamburg – our wonderfully green metropolis in the north of Germany – attaches great importance to sustainability in all respects. In this respect, the topic not only has a hand and a foot in Hamburg’s MICE industry, but also a lot of heart. The conference options range from e-mobility and certified hotels to green venues and innovative catering concepts. We’ll just throw the current buzzwords “nose to tail” and “cradle to cradle” into the room here – but more on that later!

For us at the Hamburg Convention Bureau, sustainable meetings mean leaving a positive handprint – and there are many ways to do this. Hamburg does not reduce the topic of sustainability to “green”, but looks at the term in all its facets. Because it’s not just about ecological sustainability, the social and economic components are also a topic with which you can leave an added value at your own event. It’s a good thing that Hamburg is ideally positioned here. Hamburg offers the perfect setting for planning events that are more than just environmentally friendly. Are you curious? Then let us take you on a journey to sustainable Hamburg.

Sustainable event planning

Step by step to a positive handprint.

CCH – Congress Center Hamburg

Discover the newly opened world of events and congresses in Hamburg.

Our sustainability concept

Please find a short version of Hamburg Tourismus GmbH’s sustainability strategy here.

Cityscape

Sustainable meetings in unusual places.

Hotels & Locations

Certified hotels and venues for your sustainable event.

Incentives

Framework programmes with which you create a positive impact.

Sustainable Event Planning

Service partners who make your event sustainable on all levels.

Climate-friendly through the city

You want your event participants to travel sustainably? We tell you how!

A city shows attitude

Sustainability is more than saving CO2 and doing without paper.

Road to Legacy

You want to create a real impact? We have tips for you!

Innovation meets Transformation

In Hamburg you can make the most of everything.

What happens after the event?

Even afterwards, your customers can enjoy Hamburg’s sustainable offers.

Hamburg Hard-Facts

Since 2015, the city on the Elbe has been pursuing a climate plan to actively advance the implementation of the SGDs of the United Nations’ Agenda 2030. This of course includes reducing CO2 emissions by 70% by 2030 and achieving climate neutrality by 2045.

However, there are also other points such as the environment and the city, participation and social cohesion, as well as education and science. But even today, Hamburg already has a lot to show: Hamburg has won several sustainability awards such as the Good Design Award 2021 “Green City of the Year” and was Europe’s Environmental Capital in 2011.

Perhaps one of the most exciting facts, however, is that in addition to the well-known UNESCO World Heritage Site Speicherstadt, Hamburg also has a natural World Heritage Site on the UNESCO list: The Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park in the Elbe estuary of the North Sea, which can be visited and experienced with a visit to Neuwerk Island.

Any questions?

Michaela Flint
Project Manager Sustainability MICE

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